Cinema halls and theatres have been permitted final yr to function with 50% occupancy (File)
New Delhi:
Cinema halls and theatres shall be allowed to function with larger occupancy, the centre has introduced in its revised coronavirus pointers. The up to date normal working procedures (SOPs) which were issued amid a gradual decline in each day Covid numbers throughout the nation, additionally enable the reopening of swimming swimming pools for all.
“Cinema halls and theatres have already been permitted upto 50% of seating capability. Now they are going to be permitted to function at larger seating capability, for which a revised SOP shall be issued by the Ministry of Data and Broadcasting in session with MHA (the Ministry of Residence Affairs),” it mentioned in a launch.
Swimming swimming pools had reopened for sportspersons final yr. The centre has now permitted everybody to make use of them.
“Now swimming swimming pools shall be permitted to be used of all, for which a revised SOP shall be issued by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports activities (MoYA&S) in session with MHA.”
The centre in its pointers additionally indicated that it’d improve the permitted power for gatherings.
“Social/ spiritual/ sports activities/ leisure/ academic/ cultural/ spiritual gatherings have already been permitted upto a most of fifty% of the corridor capability, with a ceiling of 200 individuals in closed areas; and maintaining of the dimensions of the bottom/ house in view, in open areas. Now such gatherings shall be allowed topic to SOP of the State/ UT involved,” it mentioned.
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All kinds of exhibition halls shall be permitted, the centre mentioned, including there shall be no restriction on inter-state and intra-state motion.
The rules will come into impact from February 1.
India, which had reported shut to at least one lakh instances for some days final yr, logged simply 12,689 coronavirus instances and 137 fatalities right this moment.
The nation is operating the world’s largest anti-coronavirus vaccination drive which is anticipated to deliver down the caseload additional.
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